Last Updated on February 28, 2026 12:59 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had waged the attack to preemptively “remove threats to the State of Israel”.
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The United States and Israel have launched an attack on Iran, with explosions heard and seen across Tehran, REPORT ALJAZEERA.
Several missiles have struck University Street and the Jomhouri area in Tehran, Fars news agency reported. Smoke was seen rising in the city, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground.
“The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said. Whereas The New York Times, citing a US official, reported that US strikes on Iran were underway.
Iran’s Fars news agency has reported that explosions have been heard in Isfahan, Qom, Karaj and Kermanshah.
The attack, coming after Israel and Iran engaged in a 12-day air war in June, follows repeated US-Israeli warnings that they would strike again if Iran pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
An Israeli defence official said the operation had been planned for months in coordination with Washington, and that the launch date was decided weeks ago.
As sirens sounded and a state of emergency declared in Israel, the Israeli military said it had issued a “proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward the state of Israel.”
Israel’s Airports Authority announced airspace had been closed to all civilian flights and urged the public not to come to the airport.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Qatar implemented shelter-in-place for all personnel, recommending that all of its citizens to do the same until further notice.